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NORELL, NORMAN (1900-1972) Group of three costume designs. Gouache, watercolor, graphite, and/or ink on paper, 1920s. Average 22 x 15 inches. Signed "Norell" in pencil lower right. Condition varies; scattered edgewear, chipping. toning, creasing, and tears. Norman David Levinson, under the professional name "Norman Norrell," was known as "the dean of fashion designers." He took the first three letters of his first name, "Nor," "L" for Levinson and a second "L" for style to form "Norell." After attending fashion design classes at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute, he made costumes for Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino and other silent-film stars with Paramount Pictures in Astoria, Queens. He turned to Broadway when the film industry moved to Hollywood. Beginning in 1924, he worked in partnership with other fashion houses before opening his own firm in 1960. Among his celebrity clients were Lauren Bacall, Constance Bennett, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Jacqueline Kennedy, Gertrude Lawrence and Marilyn Monroe. In recognition of his work as a pioneer in the fashion industry, Norell was the first person to receive the American Fashion Critics' Award (later known as the Coty Award) and the first to be inducted into the fashion industry critics' Hall of Fame. Nd, 1920s
